Author: Russ Guill

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Intel Disrupted: Why large companies find it difficult to innovate and what they can do about it – “In the 21st century it’s harder for large corporations to create disruptive breakthroughs. Disruptive innovations are coming from startups — Tesla for automobiles, Uber for taxis,…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. 5 Ways Childlike Curiosity Can (and Should) Inspire the Entrepreneurial Mindset – “Curiosity has been widely recognized and cultivated as being an essential ingredient for good leadership, sound company culture, successful team-building and personal mental health.” The biggest codebases in history –…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Entrepreneurs: Never Underestimate Your Ability to Solve Problems – “If you don’t have all the answers, that’s okay. They didn’t. Och had never studied engineering. But she thought long and hard about the issue at hand and they figured it out….

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. How Corporate HQ Can Get More from Innovation Outposts – “Amidst the hype and enthusiasm about having an outpost, CEOs and Chief Innovation Officers must look for ways to create a return on investment, not just a return on coolness. If…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Picasso’s Napkin: The Myth of the Overnight Success – “By understanding that overnight success is something that happens when you collect small, invisible victories, we have a new “model” for how to live our life…” Chemistry, not Culture – “And while companies…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Performing a Project Premortem – “Although many project teams engage in prelaunch risk analysis, the premortem’s prospective hindsight approach offers benefits that other methods don’t. Indeed, the premortem doesn’t just help teams to identify potential problems early on. It also reduces…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Responding to Feedback You Disagree With – “Receiving feedback well doesn’t mean you have to take the feedback. Being good at receiving feedback means just that: that you receive it. That you hear it. That you work to understand it. That…

Here are some of the articles we’ve been reading around this office this week. Learning to Think Like a Computer – “Consciously or not, this next generation may be effortlessly absorbing the computational thinking skills so many covet, and in the process refining what we mean by digital native.” Everyone is a designer. Get over it….